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UPS driver Douglas Isaacs of Columbia, who works out of the Campbellsville UPS center, has recently been inducted into the UPS Circle of Honor.

Isaacs was among 22 drivers from Kentucky inducted on Tuesday, Feb. 8. The drivers join the 1,122 newly inducted worldwide into the Circle of Honor, an honorary organization for UPS drivers who have achieved 25 or more years of accident free driving.

John Wayne Kessler of Campbellsville was named the 2011 Kentucky Champion Auctioneer in the state's professional auctioneers' contest.

The contest was in conjunction with the 54th Kentucky Auctioneers Association Convention on Feb. 18-21 in Jamestown. The contest featured a live auction and contestants were judged on their ability to catch bids, chant, appearance and how they handled themselves on stage, plus their ability to answer questions about issues facing the auction industry.

Hicks received his real estate license in December. He is a graduate of Elizabethtown Community College and has three associate degrees in real estate/business, human resources and business management.

He and his wife Christina and their two children, Madeline and Audrey, live in Taylor County.

DeWayne Squires, broker and owner of RE/MAX Realty Partners, has been presented with the RE/MAX Lifetime Achievement Award, which honors highly successful agents who have earned more than $3 million in commissions and have completed seven years with the company.

Squires has been working in the real estate industry for 20 years, 15 of those years with RE/MAX. He has experience in the marketing and sale of residential, commercial, investment and farm properties.